Boy, 6, saves residents from Albany fire

Firefighter injured during blaze

1of11Avery Moses, 6, enjoys a fun moment with his mother Lynette Moses Thursday morning Nov. 19, 2015 after he saved numerous lives by alerting his family to the smell of smoke at his home at 50 Broad Street in Albany, N.Y. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)SKIP DICKSTEIN2of11Avery Moses, 6, sitting with his mother after he alerted sleeping residents to a fire in the apartment building where they lived in Albany's South End. Firefighters said no one was injured in the blaze at 50 Broad St. (Skip Dickstein / Times Union)3of11Avery Moses, 6, sitting with his mother, Lynette, right, after he alerted sleeping residents to a fire in the apartment building where they lived in Albany's South End. Firefighters said no one was injured in the blaze at 50 Broad St. (Bob Gardinier / Times Union)4of11Fire caused significant damage at 50 Broadway in Albany but no one was hurt thanks to the fast action of Avery Moses, 6-year-old boy who alerted sleeping resident that the building was burning. (Bob Gardinier / Times Union)5of11Fire caused significant damage at 50 Broadway in Albany but no one was hurt thanks to the fast action of Avery Moses, 6-year-old boy who alerted sleeping resident that the building was burning. (Bob Gardinier / Times Union)6of11Fire caused significant damage at 50 Broadway in Albany but no one was hurt thanks to the fast action of Avery Moses, 6-year-old boy who alerted sleeping resident that the building was burning. (Bob Gardinier / Times Union)7of11Fire caused significant damage at 50 Broadway in Albany but no one was hurt thanks to the fast action of Avery Moses, 6-year-old boy who alerted sleeping resident that the building was burning. (Skip Dickstein / Times Union)8of11Avery Moses, 6, sitting with his mother after he alerted sleeping residents to a fire in the apartment building where they lived in Albany's South End. Firefighters said no one was injured in the blaze at 50 Broad St. (Skip Dickstein / Times Union)9of11Avery Moses, 6, speaks with an Albany Fire Department official Thursday morning Nov. 19, 2015 after he saved numerous lives by alerting his family to the smell of smoke at his home at 50 Broad Street in Albany, N.Y. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)SKIP DICKSTEIN10of11Avery Moses, 6, hams it up with a television cameraman Thursday morning Nov. 19, 2015 after he saved numerous lives by alerting his family to the smell of smoke at his home at 50 Broad Street in Albany, N.Y. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)SKIP DICKSTEIN11of11The scene of the fire where at five people were made homeless Thursday morning Nov. 19, 2015 at 50 Broad Street in Albany, N.Y. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)SKIP DICKSTEIN

Albany

A six-year-old boy's keen sense of smell saved residents who were sleeping when their Broad Street apartment building caught fire early Thursday.

"I smelled something I did not like," said Avery Moses, as he sat on a stoop with his mother near their home at 50 Broad St. Most of their belongs were destroyed.